Johnny Marr / Instagram: "Back in the same spot 38 years later. Camden Electric Ballroom. 21st May 1983."

Not a usual post from Marr:

FWD.

 

[Clever Boy]

Johnny is very clever as well as talented. That very mild comment about Rick Astley, posting a picture of the Smiths - it's all a prelude to his new release in 3 weeks. The giant show in Manchester this weekend and the James Bond movie will raise his profile even higher. He's got the goods though, his new songs are very good and the live shows have left people ecstatic. I think a reunion is the last thing on his mind, but he's teasing it for a reason.

 

[ACTON]

In that last pic, looks to me like he's thinking...'yeah, I've been a complete twat for all these years...I'll call Moz tomorrow & set things right...life's too short'

Haha. Not sure how he would set things right. Moz has done so well for himself with so many fantastic albums (e.g. Viva, Arsenal, Vauxhall, Quarry, Ringleader, World Peace, Dog Chain). If anyone needs rescuing it is JM. I'd prefer to see Alain Whyte collaborating with Moz than JM.

 

[Surface]

Morrissey and Marr are The Smiths.

Nah, The Smiths were a 4 piece band, check it out on Wikipedia.

 

[Alain is back bitches]

Haha. Not sure how he would set things right. Moz has done so well for himself with so many fantastic albums (e.g. Viva, Arsenal, Vauxhall, Quarry, Ringleader, World Peace, Dog Chain). If anyone needs rescuing it is JM. I'd prefer to see Alain Whyte collaborating with Moz than JM.

Good for you.
We all have our personal taste.

I disagree
For me the stuff M did with Marr was sublime.
Sure he's equalled it at times as a solo act but only fleetingly .

Not one Morrissey LP is as good as a Smiths Lp.
Apart from Bona Drag.
morrissey solo lps tend follow a
formula since Southpaw. 3 good songs. 3 ok songs
3 filler.
where as smiths lps were actually well crafted lps.
you put it on and it was a journey.
Wth M solo it's play skip play etc.
i actually don't think Alains song writing is that good, he seems like a nice guy but he ain't great.



it was kinda embarrassing watching him creep his back in the band.

Johnny doesn't need to do that
Deep down M knows what he had with Johnny was magic .

 

[Lost and found]

I already imagined all this, I saw Johnny's video "Hi Hellow" and I loved it!!! Someone here mocked Johnny because he ran with his guitar, but to me I thought it was great, in all the.video Johnny is very melancholic and in one part he is sitting with his guitar, as if waiting for someone, and that person ES Moz, then look for the lyrics and I realized that it is dedicated to Morrissey....The song has parts similar to there is a light... the lyrics have very suggestive parts, I imagined that Johnny was talking to Moz, that emblematic guitar and Johnny sitting waiting... mmmm maybe I'm crazy but I have a good imagination,.... is Johnny's response to Moz's lyrics!!!!!!!!No es tan loca la idea !!!! Ojala vuelvan los Smiths amo a Morrissey y quiero a Johnny !!!!!

Well, I had the same feeling about this song, but maybe I'm just mad. Did you know Hi Hello is the first line in Patty Smith's song Frederick? They first met at her concert... Anyway, I'm crying.

 

[Phranc & Open]

Haha. Not sure how he would set things right. Moz has done so well for himself with so many fantastic albums (e.g. Viva, Arsenal, Vauxhall, Quarry, Ringleader, World Peace, Dog Chain). If anyone needs rescuing it is JM. I'd prefer to see Alain Whyte collaborating with Moz than JM.

World peace?
Dog on a chain?
Both not fantastic, imho.
Imagine Smiths tunes, mixed with Electronic beats, Marr's guitar sound and Morrissey's voice and lyrics. Surely more interesting than such albums you are praising as "fantastic".

 

[Deleted member 28251]

That’s a really sweet photo
Remember the story Alain told—on a podcast or something, I’ve forgotten by now—where he and Johnny met, Johnny asked him if he’d ever play with Morrissey again, and Alain said he would when Johnny does? Hmm…
I’m only kidding really, I don’t ACTUALLY think that that’s proof of their reunion… but it would be nice for them to be friends again… from my perspective, a 19 year old fan. I’m sure I know what’s best for them

Ah, yes. I’d forgotten that. Well recalled.

 

[Anonymous]

In that last pic, looks to me like he's thinking...'yeah, I've been a complete twat for all these years...I'll call Moz tomorrow & set things right...life's too short'

38 egotistical years.
All about johnny.

 

[marred]

In that last pic, looks to me like he's thinking...'yeah, I've been a complete twat for all these years...I'll call Moz tomorrow & set things right...life's too short'

That's a reach.

 

[marred]

I want to see Morrissey and Marr reunite like I want a hole in my head. WTF for?

 

[marred]

Johnny should forget about the politics and just reach out to Moz. It’s Now or never…

Why?

 

[Famous when dead]

Not sure this 'notice me' will have the desired result
FWD.

 

[Moz Fan]

The Smiths were great. Are great. But as a moment in time. A period in history. Johnny remembers them fondly. But he's a very different man now. And he looks at peace with himself.

Agree.

In one of his interviews, when asked whether he missed being in The Smiths, Moz answered: "No, that's not my life anymore.".

And Morrissey sings his life, right?

 

[Moz Fan]

Maybe to kiss and make up and do some stuff as Morrissey and Marr but not to reform The Smiths

Agree.

 

[Moz Fan]

Johnny is very clever as well as talented. That very mild comment about Rick Astley, posting a picture of the Smiths - it's all a prelude to his new release in 3 weeks. The giant show in Manchester this weekend and the James Bond movie will raise his profile even higher. He's got the goods though, his new songs are very good and the live shows have left people ecstatic. I think a reunion is the last thing on his mind, but he's teasing it for a reason.

I tend to agree with your assumption.

 

[ACTON]

World peace?
Dog on a chain?
Both not fantastic, imho.
Imagine Smiths tunes, mixed with Electronic beats, Marr's guitar sound and Morrissey's voice and lyrics. Surely more interesting than such albums you are praising as "fantastic".

Just listen to the last two Marr albums and your hope for Smiths-like tunes sinks like a torpedoed Titanic full of zombie Nazis.

 

[Moz Fan]

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Not sure this 'notice me' will have the desired result
FWD.

Dunno...

Maybe?

 

[ACTON]

I want to see Morrissey and Marr reunite like I want a hole in my head. WTF for?

So people can stand with their backs to the concert stage tweeting about where they are.

 

[Phranc & Open]

Just listen to the last two Marr albums and your hope for Smiths-like tunes sinks like a torpedoed Titanic full of zombie Nazis.

I get it straight in the neck. Somehow expecting no less. There are more than enough Smiths fans, who don't post here and who like Marr's last solo record more than the eclectic bunch of songs, Morrissey tries to sell as his "best work ever". And I am not neccesarily talking about my own opinion. Mix both worlds and bear a child (of a 59 year old mother) nobody wants and nobody loves. Now does that sound mad?

 

[vegan cro spirit .777]

the hair piece is a little more frosted and definitely shorter - looks about as good as a wig could

he is wearing the wig sideways